Igniting device.



C. T. CROSBY.

IGNITING DEVICE. APPLICATIDN FILED MAYzs. 191s.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1919.

Application filed May 25, 1918. Serial No. 236,629.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. CROSBY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grants Pass, in the county of Josephine and State of Oregon, have invented new and useful Improvements in Igniting Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a match striking device, and has for its object to produce a channeled member of a size to receive therein the head of a match, the said member being provided with one of a plurality of longitudinal grooves the outer edge of which being serrated to provide roughened surfaces against which the head of the match is drawn to ignite the same.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure lis a fragmentary view of a lantern having the tubular sides for the frame thereof which provide the air passage, constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a greatly enlarged transverse sectional view approximately on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation illustrating a modification.

Fig. 4: is a greatly enlarged transverse sectional view approximately on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5- is an elevation of a still further modication.

Fig.f6 is a transverse sectional view upon an enlarged scale, and approximately on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a front elevation of a still further modification.

Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional view approximately on the line 8 8 of Fig. 7.

Users of lanterns are well acquainted with the diiiiculties encountered in igniting a match to light the wick of the lantern. The tubular air passages 7 which form the sides of the frame of the lantern 8 preferably are strengthened by having the opposite sides thereof ribbed. The tubes are generally conthere provided a serrated surface on the tube nor an arcuate longitudinal depression which may serve as a guide for a match head.

In the construction illustrated in Figs. l and 2 of the drawings the tube 7 has one or both of its flanges or beads, indicated by the numerals 9, formed upon one of the sides thereof with a longitudinal groove 10, and

Vthe said groove is centrally provided with a rib 1l, the outer face of this rib is serrated or roughened as at 12. The groove provides a passage for the match head and the same contacting with the serrated rib 12 will be readily ignited.

The device is not to be restricted in its useful employment to lanterns, and in Figs. 3 and 11 of the drawings I have illustrated a plate 18 which is concaved longitudinally or is approximately semi-cylindrical in cross section. One of the ends of this plate may be closed and the other open, but, of course, both ends may be closed or opened as desired. The member 13 is centrally provided with a longitudinal rib 14, the outer edge of which is serrated as at 15, and this serrated edge provides the striking element for the head of the match, the said match being guided by the rounded walls providing the sides of the plate.

In Figs. 5 and 6 the construction is substantially similar to that illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4L, the cross sectional semi-cylindrical plate 17 being, however, centrally provided with spaced longitudinal ribs 18, and the outer edges of these ribs are roughened or serrated as at 19.

In Figs. 7 and 8 the concave plate 20 is of ened as at 24, and the match head being- Having thus described the invention, what drawn between the grooves and Jontaeting I claim is: u 10 with the roughened surfaces 24 will readily In combination with the air tube of a ignitei lantern, of a eoncaved head on the side there- It is believed, from the foregoing desoripof, e longitudinal rib in said head, and said tion, that the simplicity and advantages of rib having its outer edge serrated. the construction will be apparent Without In testimony whereof I a'iX my signature. 15 further detailed description. CHARLES T. CROSBY.

Copies of this patent may` beobtainedor five cents each, by addressingy the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

